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“ The Hellenes write letters and calculate numbers by moving their hand from left to right, but the Egyptians write their letters and numbers from right to left; what's more, the Egyptians claim that their method is the "right" one, the Greek way a "left-handed" one. They write with two different scripts, one called "sacred", the other called "public". „
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Herodotus
(c. 484-425 BC) |
Histories |
II: 36, 4 |
Andrea L. Purvis, Robert B. Strassler |
The Landmark Series:
Herodotus, The Histories,
Anchor Books © 2007 |
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“ So these Phoenicians {...} came with Kadmos and settled this land, and they transmitted much lore to the Hellenes, and in particular, taught them the alphabet which, I believe, the Hellenes did not have previously, but which was originally used by all Phoenicians. With the passage of time, both the sound and the shape of the letters changed. Because at this time it was mostly Ionians who lived around the Phoenicians, they were the ones who were first instructed in the use of the alphabet by them, and after making a few changes to the form of the letters, they put them to good use; but when they spoke of them, they called them "Phoenician" letters, which was only right since these letters had been called papyrus scrolls "skins", since long ago, when papyrus was scarce, they used the skins of goats and sheep instead. In fact, even in my time many barbarians still write on such skins. „
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Herodotus
(c. 484-425 BC) |
Histories |
V: 58, 1-3 |
Andrea L. Purvis, Robert B. Strassler |
The Landmark Series:
Herodotus, The Histories,
Anchor Books © 2007 |
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